Officer Detail: Thomas J. Burns

General Information

Name Thomas J. Burns
OpenOversight ID 1839
Department Seattle Police Department
Race White
Gender Male
Birth Year (Age) 1958 (~67 y/o)
First Employment Date 1989-12-06
Number of known incidents 4
Currently on the force No

Assignment History

Assignment changes are estimated based on title changes between rosters obtained from the department. As a result, no assignments from before 2011 are available at this time.
Job Title Badge No. Unit Start Date End Date
Police Officer 5438 Hr - Department Unavailable Person 2020-09-01 2021-06-01
Police Officer 5438 Southwest Pct 2Nd W - Southwest 2019-10-14 2020-09-01
Police Officer 5438 Southwest Pct 2Nd W - Southwest Beats 2017-01-13 2019-10-14
Police Officer 5438 Southwest Pct 2Nd W - William 2016-04-26 2017-01-13
Police Officer 5438 West Pct 2Nd W - David Beats 2012-11-05 2016-04-26
Police Officer 5438 West Pct 2Nd W - Mary Beats 2011-08-09 2012-11-05

Salary

Annual Salary Overtime Total Pay Year
$82,859.40 $11,475.94 $94,335.34 2020

Incidents

Incident OPA Case 2017OPA-0553

Date May 28, 2017
Report # OPA Case 2017OPA-0553
Department Seattle Police Department
Officers Thomas J. Burns
Description

Allegation 1 — Bias-free Policing

Name: Thomas Burns
Badge #: 5438
Disposition: OPA No Allegations Sustained
Discipline:
Incident Type: OPA Investigation
Finding: Not Sustained Unfounded

Allegation 2 — Professionalism

Name: Thomas Burns
Badge #: 5438
Disposition: OPA No Allegations Sustained
Discipline:
Incident Type: OPA Investigation
Finding: Not Sustained Inconclusive

Source: SPD - Forwarded
Case Status: Completed
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Address Southwest - WILLIAM - W1
Seattle, WA
 

Incident OPA Case 2016OPA-0463

Date Apr 30, 2016
Report # OPA Case 2016OPA-0463
Department Seattle Police Department
Officers Ricardo L. Martinez , Ronald C. Hylton , Thomas J. Burns
Description

Allegation 1 — Investigations and Reports

Name: Ricardo Martinez
Badge #: 7532
Disposition: OPA Partially Sustained
Discipline:
Incident Type: OPA Investigation
Finding: Not Sustained Unfounded

Allegation 2 — Investigations and Reports

Name: Thomas Burns
Badge #: 5438
Disposition: OPA Partially Sustained
Discipline: Suspension Without Pay
Incident Type: OPA Investigation
Finding: Sustained

Allegation 3 — Investigations and Reports

Name: Thomas Burns
Badge #: 5438
Disposition: OPA Partially Sustained
Discipline:
Incident Type: OPA Investigation
Finding: Sustained

Allegation 4 — Video and Audio Recording

Name: Thomas Burns
Badge #: 5438
Disposition: OPA Partially Sustained
Discipline:
Incident Type: OPA Investigation
Finding: Sustained

Allegation 5 — Video and Audio Recording

Name: Thomas Burns
Badge #: 5438
Disposition: OPA Partially Sustained
Discipline:
Incident Type: OPA Investigation
Finding: Not Sustained Unfounded

Allegation 6 — Investigations and Reports

Name: Ronald Hylton
Badge #: 6337
Disposition: OPA Partially Sustained
Discipline:
Incident Type: OPA Investigation
Finding: Not Sustained Unfounded

Source: Community Member
Case Status: Completed
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Address Southwest - FRANK - F2
Seattle, WA
 

Incident OPA Case 2015OPA-1373

Date Sep 04, 2015
Report # OPA Case 2015OPA-1373
Department Seattle Police Department
Officers Thomas J. Burns
Description

Allegation — Professionalism

Name: Thomas Burns
Badge #: 5438
Disposition: OPA Supervisor Action Closed
Discipline:
Incident Type: Supervisor Action
Finding: Process as Supv Action

Source: Community Member
Case Status: Completed
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Address West - KING - K2
Seattle, WA
 

Incident OPA Case 2015OPA-0516

Date Apr 02, 2015
Report # OPA Case 2015OPA-0516
Department Seattle Police Department
Officers Robert B. Brown , Robert N. Besaw , Thomas J. Burns
Description

Allegation 1 — Stops, Detentions and Arrests

Name: Robert Brown
Badge #: 6194
Disposition: OPA Supervisor Action Closed
Discipline:
Incident Type: Supervisor Action
Finding: Process as Supv Action

Allegation 2 — Stops, Detentions and Arrests

Name: Robert Besaw
Badge #: 5108
Disposition: OPA Supervisor Action Closed
Discipline:
Incident Type: Supervisor Action
Finding: Process as Supv Action

Allegation 3 — Stops, Detentions and Arrests

Name: Thomas Burns
Badge #: 5438
Disposition: OPA Supervisor Action Closed
Discipline:
Incident Type: Supervisor Action
Finding: Process as Supv Action

Source: Community Member
Case Status: Completed
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Address East - EDWARD - E3
Seattle, WA

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